u/FrostyRadish2190

Planning a one night trip. Put in at Grand Lake, take out at Squirrel Rapids.

Never been to this part of the park.

In terms of that fork at the end of Highfalls Lake: Is there anything uniquely beautiful or any particular reason to go through 5 portages instead of 3 and go through that Barron River stretch? Either the section marked The Cascades" or the section marked Barron River in the image below? Or am I better off going through Ooze & Opalescent?

I think the idea is to get to Highfalls on day 1, set up camp, and then do the rest out to Squirrel Rapids on day 2.

https://preview.redd.it/8phryyffs51h1.png?width=1108&format=png&auto=webp&s=de89f8cebe9ba49675b7d9834d97579f36e41443

Planning to do this late summer. We'll be 2 people in a tandem canoe, so hopefully will try to single carry, but I've only ever been able to pull that off once, so I don't have much faith in doing it this time.

Thanks for the advice!

I know people like to keep their favourite sites to themselves, but we're taking 5 kids on their first backcountry trip (all between 6-10) to Rock Lake this summer.

I've never stayed on Rock lake, so looking for advice on the best sites for the kids. Swimming from the site would be great, flat ground for some running around & play on-site would be a fantastic bonus.

Looking forward to hearing from you all!

Because I'm sure someone will ask, the plan is to stay on a paddle-in site on Rock lake and potentially explore from there, but it's a short 2 night trip. Wanted to do an easy introduction where we can do a "practice portage" on our rest day.